Social Enterprise Director, Hagar Social Enterprise Group

Hagar Social Enterprise Group (HSEG) is a for-profit subsidiary of Hagar International (http://www.hagarinternational.org). HSEG manages Hagar’s social enterprise investments, which provide sustainable training, employment opportunities and an empowering workplace environment for survivors of extreme human rights abuses. HSEG is a pioneer in social entrepreneurship with a 16-year history of social business development and cross-sector partnerships in Cambodia and Vietnam.


HSEG has two social enterprise investments in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam: Joma Bakery Café and Hagar Catering and Facilities Management. The Social Enterprise Director will lead the strategic expansion of HSEG’s social enterprise activities, including the development of a start-up social business in Afghanistan and new joint ventures in Southeast Asia.

The right candidate for Social Enterprise Director should be:

• Entrepreneurial with a strong business development acumen and commercial experience
• Relentless and realistic, possessing how-to thinking and a passion for seeing ideas come to life
• Passionate and committed to social justice
• Creative and flexible; able to work in the “grey” area between the private
  sector and international development sector
• Patient and cross-culturally competent, especially in Asian contexts
• Able to coach, inspire and lead a team

Further Job Description

Please obtain documentation about the position by emailing jobs@hagarinternational.org with “Apply for Social Enterprise Director” in the subject line as soon as possible.
Applications will remain open until a qualified individual is appointed, preferably in the first quarter of 2013.